- 3D-printed robot aims to fight cancer — ScienceDaily
- “made from 3D-printed plastic and is driven by air pressure. The advantage of plastic is that the robot can be used in an MRI scanner. Carrying out a biopsy (removing a piece of tissue)
- The Bat | JK Brickworks
- “the mechanics of this model compact enough to fit in and under the body, but still evoke the unique movement of a bat’s wings. This includes the flapping motion, their expansion and contraction
- Gravity Powered Walking LEGO Animals – YouTube
- “LEGO walking animals: a waddling duck and hopping kangaroo. They are based on traditional mechanical wooden toys that use gravity to walk down a ramp. More information, photos
- Ten low-cost ways to treat water – Engineering For Change
- “as many as 1.8 million people die each year from diarrhea linked to bad water and sanitation, most of them under age 5. ten low-cost ways to treat water, and not one requires boiling.
- High-Low Tech – Using the Codeable Objects Processing Library
- “Codeable Objects is a library for Processing that allows anyone to design and construct an artifact using geometric computation and digital fabrication. This tutorial will show you how
- Shoppers in London can turn footsteps into electricity
- “turning footsteps into 5 W of continuous power, while also gathering pedestrian flow metrics. Kinetic energy harvested in Bird Street will be converted to electricity and used to power street
- Graduating Engineer » Articles » Cool Jobs, Dream Careers
- “Bruzelius is surrounded by toys as a project engineer at Wild Planet Toys in San Francisco, where he’s worked since 1999. Getting paid to play may sound too good to be true
- The World in 2025: 8 Predictions for the Next 10 Years
- “In 2025, in accordance with Moore’s Law, we’ll see an acceleration in the rate of change as we move closer to a world of true abundance. Here are eight areas where we’ll see extraordinary
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